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Release Date: Aug 24, 2018
Valid Through: Aug 24, 2020. This course will be updated or expired on this date
Successful Completion: Complete entire module, complete the exam with a passing score of 80% or better, and complete the evaluation form
Estimated Time to Complete Activity: 60 minutes
CEUs: See Continuing Education section
Media: Internet. Available 24/7 365 Online. See requirements below

Overview

Broaden your understanding of advance directives and your responsibility to become familiar with a patient’s advance directives.

learning objectives

Explain the definition of advance directives and what they include.

Review your responsibility to be familiar with a patient’s advance directives.

Determine the detailed policies on advance directive.

Describe how a patient is aware of his or her rights, and decisions patients have the right to make.

Content

The Joint Commission (TJC, formerly known as JCAHO) defines Advanced Directives as:
“ A document or documentation allowing a person to give directions about future health care or to designate another person(s) to make health care decisions if the individual loses decision-making capacity.”

Continuing Education

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Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This activity might describe the off-label, investigational, or experimental use of medications and/or devices that may exceed their FDA-approved labeling. Physicians should consult the current manufacturers’ prescribing information for these products.

Disclaimer

The content for this activity was developed independently of the commercial support. All materials are included with permission. The opinions expressed are those of the faculty and are not to be construed as those of the publisher or grantor.

This educational activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ANCC Accreditation Criteria, Policies, and Standards for Commercial Support. Recommendations involving clinical medicine in a continuing medical education activity must be based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients. All scientific research referred to, reported, or used in support or justification of a patient care recommendation must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.